Medical helicopter called for Clinton Street assault

12:22 PM,
Aug. 1, 2013

Newark Division of Police and Newark Division of Fire respond to an assault in the 100 block of Clinton Street. The assault was serious enough to call for a medical helicopter according to scanner traffic. The call came in around 9:15 p.m.

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An assault in the 100 block of Clinton Street was serious enough to call for a medical helicopter Wednesday night. The call came in about 9:15 p.m.

Air Evac transported one victim to Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University, according to scanner traffic.

"We got a call of shots fired, and when we arrived we had one male victim that was unresponsive on the roadway," Newark Police Sgt. Al Shaffer said. "We called the squad and they did an assessment, and they confirmed there was no projectile injuries, but apparently he had a blunt force trauma somewhere on his body." ...